Ballantine
September 2007
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Featuring: Jane Rizzoli; Maura Isles
448 pages ISBN: 0345477006 EAN: 9780345477002 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
PECCAVI The Latin word is scrawled in blood at the scene of a young womanโs brutal murder: I HAVE SINNED. Itโs a chilling Christmas greeting for Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli, who swiftly link the victim to controversial celebrity psychiatrist Joyce OโDonnellโJaneโs professional nemesis and member of a sinister cabal called the Mephisto Club.
On top of Beacon Hill, the clubโs acolytes devote themselves to the analysis of evil: Can it be explained by science? Does it have a physical presence? Do demons walk the earth? Drawing on a wealth of dark historical data and mysterious religious symbolism, the Mephisto scholars aim to prove a startling theory: that Satan himself exists among us.
With the grisly appearance of a corpse on their doorstep, itโs clear that someoneโor somethingโis indeed prowling the city. The members of the club begin to fear the very subject of their study. Could this maniacal killer be one of their ownโor have they inadvertently summoned an evil entity from the darkness?
Delving deep into the most baffling and unusual case of their careers, Maura and Jane embark on a terrifying journey to the very heart of evil, where they encounter a malevolent foe more dangerous than any they have ever faced . . . one whose work is only just beginning.
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